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Burt is responsible for
all facets of the privately-held real estate investment and advisory firm’s
multifamily acquisitions and asset management strategies in this region.

He will target opportunistic and value-add
acquisitions in the market with the goal of expanding the company’s presence in
the region and add to the existing portfolio, which consists of seven assets
and over 2,000 units.

“We are extremely pleased
to have Doug join our acquisition team,” said 29th Street Capital Senior Vice
President Javier Bustillo. “He has
an established track record of success in Texas and will play a key role in our
company’s continuing expansion.”

“I’m excited to be joining
an extremely well-capitalized, yet still very entrepreneurial company like 29th
Street Capital,” Burt said. “I’m looking forward to growing the company’s
portfolio throughout the Texas markets.”

Javier Bustillo

Prior to joining 29th
Street Capital, Burt spent the past three years at Tarantino Properties where
he helped lead the multifamily acquisition and brokerage departments. His
responsibilities included underwriting, sourcing investment opportunities,
negotiations and new business development. Having conducted sales and
acquisitions of value-add multifamily properties throughout the state of Texas,
Burt has a proven record in all aspects of multifamily real estate investments. He possesses a strong understanding of multifamily financial analysis, market
conditions and investment principles. Burt earned his BBA in Real Estate at the
University of North Texas.

In addition to sourcing
and completing acquisitions, his responsibilities at 29SC include complete
oversight of projects; selecting third-party management; and overseeing all
capital projects, marketing/design and dispositions.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- With
much anticipation, Bento Asian Kitchen +
Sushi, a quick-casual pan-Asian restaurant with 9 locations throughout
Florida, will officially introduce its concept to downtown St. Petersburg.

Florida Retail Partners,
an X Team partner, represented Bento in the 2,710 square foot deal with Joshua Sims of Vector Realty
representing the landlord. The location is set to open at 330 Third Street
South – in the base of the AER apartment building near the University of South
Florida St. Petersburg campus.

The Downtown St. Pete
location will be the 11th restaurant for Bento Café. “Bento and downtown St. Pete are a great
match, said Sandia Wasserman of
Florida Retail Partner who negotiated the deal. It’s already one of my favorite
lunch stops in Gainesville.” Bento currently has restaurants in Gainesville,
Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, as well as South Florida.

Johnny Tung

“We’ve been eyeing the
Tampa Bay market for a few years now,” Bento Group owner Johnny Tung said. “Specifically, the downtown development boom in
St. Petersburg has been amazing to watch.

“The growing business
district, residential condo boom, nearby USF St. Petersburg campus, and the
notable hospitals make the area a thriving market. Bento Café will be a great addition to
downtown St. Pete with affordable grab and go lunch and dinner options. We’re
also looking at locations in South Tampa and USF Tampa next.”

Bento Café, which plans to
open in the spring of 2018, will feature 80 seats along with outdoor sidewalk
tables. A few things that have gained Bento a loyal following, and prompted
further expansion include:

A vast, customizable menu
including bento boxes, noodles and sushi

Quick, casual service to
cater to the constantly-growing "on-the-go" population

A sleek, contemporary
atmosphere modeled after popular cafes found in urban Taiwan and Japan.

Affordable prices with
most dishes in the $7-$10 range, Catering offered.

Bento Asian Kitchen +
Sushi is an Orlando-based quick-service restaurant serving pan-Asian cuisine. Its menu includes sushi, rice and noodle bowls, bento boxes, and teas. Founded in 2002, Bento has plans of continued
growth with several locations across Florida, and a team of over 400 individuals.

X Team partner Florida Retail Partners was
founded in 1997. Its Florida Retail Real Estate Specialists all have over
twenty years of experience. The
company’s focus has always been on retail tenant and landlord representation on
Florida’s West Coast and Central Florida. This exclusive focus on retail
includes diverse assignments ranging from tenant representation, land sales and
consulting to leasing of both distressed properties in need of turnaround and
upscale mixed-use projects with very specific co-tenancy parameters.

WICHITA, KS, July 31,
2017—WoodSpring Hotels, the nation’s fastest-growing value extended-stay hotel
company, today announced that it has begun the final process of its previously
announced brand repositioning, with 171 hotels having completed the process and
an additional 15 properties in the final stages.

The transition touched on
virtually all aspects of the hotel, ranging from new employee uniforms and name
tags to brand-wide free wireless internet access in all public spaces and
guestrooms.

All hotels also received new
interior signage, in-room collateral and marketing materials, as well as new
bedding and exterior signage.

“The entire rebranding
process was a direct result of an enormous amount of consumer research that
allowed us to target what is most important and valuable to our guests,” said Gary DeLapp, WoodSpring President and
CEO. “We now are well-positioned as the
leading value, extended-stay hotel company in the country. This allows us to better communicate the
quality of our portfolio and expand our reach to new customer segments.”

To inform current and
future guests of its new messaging, WoodSpring also refined its marketing
efforts. The brand’s new messaging
centers on the “Suites, Kitchens and Wi-Fi, Oh My” theme through its digital
components, while on-property assets encourage continued engagement by
downloading its newly launched Mobile Quick Link and encouraging guests to book
direct with WoodSpring. All components,
digital and otherwise, are now live.

“Now that the repositioning
process has entered its final phase, we are embarking on an ambitious plan,
utilizing all the marketing tools at our disposal, to get the word out to
customers on the local, regional and national levels,” said Wendy Hoekwater, WoodSpring Chief
Marketing Officer.

Wendy Hoekwater

“Along with physical improvements to the
hotels, we have completely upgraded and improved everything from our website to
our mobile booking capabilities, all in an effort to let value-minded travelers
know that we have listened to the marketplace and responded with the best
product available in our space.”

Additionally, targeted
sales strategies and plans were created for each local market to convey the new
changes to consumers. On the national
level, the brand launched its new website, www.woodspring.com, which included
new photography guidelines, as well as making content updates across all sites,
contact centers, social media guest review and consumer feedback portals. WoodSpring also updated its phone systems and
scripts.

“We constantly are
engaging with both our guests and Franchise Partners to ensure that the
WoodSpring brand provides what they want and need at a reasonable rate,” DeLapp
added. “WoodSpring helped to create the
value extended-stay segment, and today we move that much closer to perfecting
it.”

MIAMI, FL, July 31, 2017 –
The Keyes Company, Florida’s largest independent real estate company, received
four awards at the LeadingRE Annual Conference for its dedicated work in the
industry in 2016.

LeadingRE is made up of
the world’s top independent brokerages. Represented in more than 60 countries,
the organization’s 565 company members include more than 130,000 associates
producing over 1 million transactions valued at over $368 billion annually.

The firm’s Global Relocation and Corporate
Services department took home four awards, including Referral of the Year,
Global Alliance Referral Award and RELO Direct® Ambassador award. The
department’s Vice President, Denise
Talboy, was awarded the Chairman’s Service Award.

Mike Pappas

The department was also
named a finalist for the Diamond award, LeadingRE’s highest honor, which
acknowledges outstanding performance and engagement in all of LeadingRE’s
business programs.

“We’re proud of the hard
work, professionalism and results of our Global Relocation and Corporate Services
department,” said Keyes CEO Mike Pappas.
“Without them, we would not be the company we are today.”

“It’s an honor to bring
home multiple awards for Keyes,” said Talboy. “We love what we do, and to be
recognized and awarded for it among so many great companies around the world is
truly something special.”

The 2017 conference was
held in Miami and welcomed brokers from firms across the world.